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Krug Grande Cuvee 170 Edition - New Availability

We are delighted to offer a new parcel of Krug’s Grande Cuvee 170eme Edition. Based on the excellent 2014 Champagne vintage, but with reserve wines stretching back to 1998, this is a superb iteration of one of the great wines of the world, and very well-priced against older releases. 

Krug Grande Cuvee’s multi-vintage blend (rather than single-vintage) sets it apart from rival Grande Marque Champagnes. The increased average age of the wines means greater complexity, depth and layers of flavour have won it a loyal following from connoisseurs across the globe. The 170eme is brilliant, for William Kelley, is medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fine-boned, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a precise, chiseled profile”

Krug’s decision to start numbering its releases has been a masterstroke. Not only does it let you know the age and composition of your Grande Vintage more easily; but it also makes it easier to track the performance of older iterations, instantly making it a compelling proposition for those with Champagne portfolios.

As the table below shows, Krug Grande Cuvee tends to accelerate in price a few years after release. It’s easy to see this 170 going the same way given time.

Details are below:

NV Krug Grande Vintage 170eme Edition
(6*75cl OC) @ £945 per case in bond
95 points William Kelley
Krug’s NV Grande Cuvée 170ème Édition is based on the 2014 vintage, complemented by some 45% reserve wines dating back to 1998, with the house drawing on, among many others, 2013 for structure and 2012 and 2003 for generosity. Opening in the glass with aromas of pastry cream, dried fruits, pear, warm spices, freshly baked bread and vanilla pod, it’s medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fine-boned, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a precise, chiseled profile. But if the latter adjective could be applied to the 2013-base 169ème édition equally felicitously, the 2014-base 170ème is more giving and less tightly wound out of the gates and will offer more demonstrative drinking young. (2022) www.robertparker.com Drink 2021-2041

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